Vitry-sur-Seine () is a

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in the southeastern suburbs of

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, from the centre of Paris.

Name

Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from

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''Vitriacum'', and before that ''Victoriacum'', meaning "estate of Victorius", a

Gallo-Roman Gallo-Roman culture was a consequence of the Romanization of Gauls under the rule of the Roman Empire. It was characterized by the Gaulish adoption or adaptation of Roman culture, language, morals and way of life in a uniquely Gaulish context ...

landowner. In 1897 the name of the commune officially became Vitry-sur-Seine (meaning "Vitry upon Seine"), in order to distinguish it from other communes of France also called Vitry.

Main sights

Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne The Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, nicknamed MAC/VAL, is a museum of contemporary art located in the Place de la Libération in Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, a suburb of Paris, France. It is open daily except Mondays; an admission fee ...

Culture

For some years, Vitry-sur-Seine operated a cultural policy of bringing art to all. For this reason, the commune contains over 100 contemporary sculptures, notably in establishments of public education (schools, secondary schools and High Schools). Vitry hosts the

(Val-de-Marne's Museum of Contemporary Art). Opened on 18 November 2005, this museum offers in addition to the workshops of plastic arts, an auditorium and a cinema for art and experimental film. Vitry is one of the cities that contributed to the development of the Hip hop movement in France. Consequentially,

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has a very important place in the city

Transport

Vitry-sur-Seine is served by two stations on Paris

RER line C RER C is one of the five lines in the Réseau Express Régional (English: Regional Express Network), a hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs. The line crosses the region from north to south. The li ...

Vitry-sur-Seine Vitry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Name Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin ''Vitriacum'', and before that ''Victori ...

and Les Ardoines.

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is located near Vitry-sur-Seine.

Demographics

The city can be separated into three distinct parts: the center containing numerous ''cités HLM'' (

Housing projects Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, d ...

), peripheral neighborhoods belonging to the middle class, and a large industrial area along the Seine river. The bordering towns are

Ivry-sur-Seine Ivry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique in the 13th arrondissement, borders the ...

Villejuif Villejuif () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Name The earliest reference to Villejuif appears in a bill signed by the Pope Callixtus II on 27 November 1119. It refers to Villa Jud ...

, Chevilly-Larue,

Thiais Thiais () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The name Thiais comes from Medieval Latin ''Theodasium'' or ''Theodaxium'', meaning "estate of Theodasius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. The A ...

, Choisy-le-Roi,

Alfortville Alfortville () is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. History The commune of Alfortville was created on 1 April 1885 from part of the commune of Maisons ...

. In 2017 the population of the city was estimated at 93,500 inhabitants. Vitry-sur-Seine is the 46th most populated city of

and the seventh of

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...

. The rate of unemployment is 26.5%, while national average is under 10%.

Immigration

As of circa 1998

and Vitry had a combined Asian population of 3,600. That year about 250 Asians from those communes worked in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, and the overall demographics of Ivry and Vitry Asians were similar to those in the 13th arrondissement.Guillon, Michelle. "The Chinese and Chinese Districts in Paris" (Chapter 11). In: Sinn, Elizabeth (editor). ''The Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas''.

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, 1 January 1998. , 9789622094468. CITED: p
197

Administration

Vitry is divided into two

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(districts): * Vitry-sur-Seine-1 counts 46,849 inhabitants (as of 2014) * Vitry-sur-Seine-2 counts 44,339 inhabitants (as of 2014)

Cités (Housing projects)

*Cité Balzac *Cité Du Colonel Fabien *Lucien Français *Les Marronniers *La Sablière 200 *La Commune de Paris *Mario Capra *Les Montagnards *Les Montagnes (La Vanoise, Pelvoux, Annapurna) *La Tourraine *Le Mail *Le Moulin Vert *Les Toits et Joie *Gabriel Peri *Cité Robespierre *Cité Barbusse *Le Square de l'Horloge *Cité Camille Groult *Les Malassis *Rouget de l'isle *La Glacière *Cité Bourgogne *Cité Verte *Cité Bleu (Camille Blanc) *Cité des Combattants *Roger Derry *Rosenberg *Cité des Peupliers-Manouchians *La Semise *Couzy

Education

the commune has 23 preschools (''maternelles''), and 21 elementary schools, with a combined total of 9,000 students. * Public junior high schools (''collèges''): Danielle-Casanova, Adolphe-Chérioux, Lakanal, Gustave-Monod, and Collège Jules-VallesCollèges
" Vitry-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 7, 2016. ** In addition Collège Romain-Rolland in

serves a portion of Vitry-sur-Seine * Senior high schools:

Lycée Adolphe-Chérioux In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

, Lycée Camille-Claudel, and Lycée Jean-MacéLycées
" Vitry-sur-Seine. Retrieved on September 7, 2016. ** Lycée Romain-Rolland is in adjacent Ivry-sur-Seine * Private junior-senior high school: Collège-lycée privé Epin

Paris 12 Val de Marne University Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most den ...

is the area university.

Twin towns – sister cities

Vitry-sur-Seine is twinned with: *

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston, at the confluence of the River C ...

, England, United Kingdom (1958) *

Kladno Kladno (; german: Kladen) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 67,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the region and together with its adjacent suburban areas has a population of more than 110,000. ...

, Czech Republic (1966) * Meissen, Germany (1973)

Notable people

Jimmy Briand Jimmy Julien Briand (born 2 August 1985) is a French professional footballer. He started his career as a striker, but is now usually deployed on the wing. Briand is a graduate of Clairefontaine academy and was a France youth international. He ...

, footballer * Cédric Bakambu, footballer *

Cerrone Marc Cerrone Daryl Easlea, "Supernature Boy", ''Record Collector'', #502, February 2020, pp.60-63 (, ; born 24 May 1952) is a French disco drummer, composer, record producer and creator of concert shows. Cerrone is a producer of 1970s and 198 ...

, musician *

Doudou Masta Mamadou Doumbia (born February 26, 1971, in Vitry-sur-Seine) is a French hip-hop artist and actor. Biography The young Doudou showed an early musical aptitude from the age of six, when he successfully joined France's national youth choir, which ...

, rapper * Damien Dovy, karateka *

David Fleurival David Fleurival (born 19 February 1984) is a Guadeloupean international footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Luxembourgish club Rodange 91. Club career He has played at Tours FC where he was the team captain and in Portugal with ...

, footballer *

Mickaël Hanany Mickaël Hanany (born 25 March 1983, in Vitry-sur-Seine) is a French high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its moder ...

, athlete * Jimmy Kébé, footballer * 113, rap group * Ritchie Makuma Mpasa, footballer * Richard Massolin, footballer * Jérémy Menez, footballer * Maguy Nestoret, athlete *

Rohff Housni M'Kouboi (; born 15 December 1977), better known as Rohff and at times stylized as Roh2f, is a French rapper. Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, to a family of Comoran origin, he immigrated in 1985 to France living in Vitry-sur-Seine, in ...

, rapper * Arsène Tchakarian, French-Armenian historian and resistance fighter * Lassana Touré, basketball player

References

External links

Official website

Val-de-Marne's Museum of Contemporary ArtParis-Sud Community
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